Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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